Name: Boudabousia marimammalium (Hoyles et al. 2001) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomyces marimammalium Hoyles et al. 2001

Etymology: ma.ri.mam.ma’li.um. L. neut. n. mare, the sea; N.L. neut. n. mammalium, of mammals (also as genitive plural of mammalis); N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. marimammalium, of marine mammals [probably better: marimammaliorum]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 41710; CIP 106509; DSM 15383; M1749/98/1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ249327 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinomyces marimammalium Hoyles et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Boudabousia Nouioui et al. 2018. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Actinomyces marimammalium Hoyles et al. 2001, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Actinomyces marimammalium Hoyles et al. 2001, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Actinomyces marimammalium Hoyles et al. 2001. Publication: Hoyles L, Pascual C, Falsen E, Foster G, Grainger JM, Collins MD. Actinomyces marimammalium sp. nov., from marine mammals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:151-156. 🇬🇧 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.

Parent taxon: Boudabousia Nouioui et al. 2018

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 798115